.TH "pdfbook" "1" "10 March 2010" "" "" 
.SH "NAME" 
pdfbook \- put the pages of PDF files into 2-up signatures
.SH "SYNOPSIS" 
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pdfbook [--short-edge] [OPTION [OPTION] \&.\&.\&.] [SRC [PAGESPEC] [SRC [PAGESPEC]] \&.\&.\&.] 
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.SH "DESCRIPTION" 
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pdfbook makes 2-up versions of PDF files, with the pages ordered as 
signatures.  The default signature size is 4: to change this, use the
option '--signature N', where N is a multiple of 4 (alternatively use '--signature* N' for 
right-edge binding).
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The default is to make pages suitable for long-edge binding.  For short-edge
binding, use '--short-edge' as the first argument; this will only work if the LaTeX package 'everyshi' is installed.
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The default output page orientation is 
landscape.  To change this, use the '--no-landscape' option.
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By default, the option '--booklet true' is used (see the pdfpages manual
for details).  To turn this off, just specify '--booklet false'.
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If no source PDF file ('SRC') is specified, input
is from /dev/stdin. If 'PAGESPEC' is omitted, all pages are processed.
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Source files are processed sequentially into a single output
unless the '--batch' option is used, in which case they are processed 
separately.
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pdfbook is a simple wrapper for pdfjam, which provides a front end to 
many of the capabilities of the pdfpages
package for pdflatex\&.  A working installation of pdflatex, with
the pdfpages package, is required\&.
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pdfbook operates on one or more PDF files, and (either with the '--batch' 
option or with '--outfile DIR' where 'DIR' is a directory) the 
resulting files have
the suffix '-book' applied to their names by default.  To change the suffix,
use the '--suffix' option, for example
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.RS
.B    pdfbook --suffix 'sig4' --batch myfile1.pdf myfile2.pdf
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will result in files named 'myfile1-sig4.pdf' and 'myfile2-sig4.pdf'.
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pdfbook is part of the "PDFjam" package of tools, whose homepage is at
http://www.warwick.ac.uk/go/pdfjam\&.
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.SH "SETUP" 
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See http://go.warwick.ac.uk/pdfjam .
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.SH "USAGE" 
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For the other available options and 
site/user defaults, see the output of 
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.B    pdfjam --help
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For further information and some examples see 
http://go.warwick.ac.uk/pdfjam .
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.SH "LIMITATIONS AND BUGS" 
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pdfbook does not work with encrypted PDF files, and does not 
preserve hyperlinks.
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Please report bugs! See the website at
http://www.warwick.ac.uk/go/pdfjam \&.
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.SH "LICENSE" 
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PDFjam is distributed under the GNU public license\&.  
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.SH "SEE ALSO" 
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pdfjam(1)\&.
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.SH "AUTHOR" 
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pdfbook is written and maintained by David Firth as part of the PDFjam package\&.